personate [ˈpɜːsəneɪt]
personate [per-so-neit]
1Representar, subrogarse en los derechos, autoridad o bienes de otro.
2Contrahacer, remedar.
3Representar, fingir, hacer el papel de alguna cosa o persona.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Representar, ser actor en una pieza dramática. (n)
va.
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Verb Conjugation for "personate"
Imperative
- personate
- you personate
- he/she personates
- we personate
- you personate
- they personate
Preterite
- I personated
- you personated
- he/she personated
- we personated
- you personated
- they personated
Present Continuous
- I am personating
- you are personating
- he/she is personating
- we are personating
- you are personating
- they are personating
Present Perfect
- I have personated
- you have personated
- he/she has personated
- we have personated
- you have personated
- they have personated
Past Continuous
- I was personating
- you were personating
- he/she was personating
- we were personating
- you were personating
- they were personating
Past Perfect
- I had personated
- you had personated
- he/she had personated
- we had personated
- you had personated
- they had personated
Future
- I will personate
- you will personate
- he/she will personate
- we will personate
- you will personate
- they will personate
Future Perfect
- I will have personated
- you will have personated
- he/she will have personated
- we will have personated
- you will have personated
- they will have personated
Future Continuous
- I will be personating
- you will be personating
- he/she will be personating
- we will be personating
- you will be personating
- they will be personating
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been personating
- you have been personating
- he/she has been personating
- we have been personating
- you have been personating
- they have been personating
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been personating
- you will have been personating
- he/she will have been personating
- we will have been personating
- you will have been personating
- they will have been personating
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been personating
- you had been personating
- he/she had been personating
- we had been personating
- you had been personating
- they had been personating
persona
feminine noun
1
person
(individuo)
- vinieron varias personas -> several people came
- cien personas -> a hundred people
- en persona -> in person
- por persona -> per head
- ser buena persona -> to be a good person o sort
- persona mayor -> adult, grown-up
- persona non grata -> persona non grata
2
party
(law)
- persona física -> private individual
- persona jurídica -> legal entity o person
3
person
(grammar)
- la segunda persona del singular -> the second person singular
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persona [per-so'-nah]
noun
1
Person, individual, or particular man or woman. (f)
2
Person, the exterior appearance. (f)
3
Personage, a distinguished character; a man of merit or talents. (f)
4
Person, the quality of the noun that modifies the verb. (Grammer) (f)
5
Person, man or Roman in a fictitious dialogue. (f)
- De persona a persona, from person to person, from man to man. En person -> or por su persona, personally, in person
- Es buena persona -> he's a good sort
- Tercera persona -> third party
- Pagaron 2 dólares por persona -> they paid 2 dollars a head
persona
sustantivo:femenino
1 (individuo) person
es una persona encantadora he's a charming person; 20 personas 20 people
aquellas personas que lo deseen those who wish
es buena persona he's a good sort; en la persona de in the person of
en personaen in person; in the flesh
vendrá él en persona a recoger los papeles he will come and collect the papers in person; vi al príncipe en persona I saw the prince in the flesh in person;o
por personapor per person
20 kilos por persona 20 kilos per person; tres caramelos por persona three sweets per person each;o dos dólares por persona two dollars per person; two dollars a head
tercera personatercera third party
sin inmiscuir a terceras personas without involving third parties
persona de edad elderly person; senior citizen
persona de historia (anticuado) dubious individual
persona mayor adult
persona no grata persona non grata persona non grata
personas reales (formal) royalty; (s) king and queen
Mientras que persona en singular se traduce por person, el plural tiene dos traducciones: people y persons.
personapersonpeoplepersonsPeople es la forma más utilizada, ya que persons se emplea solamente en el lenguaje formal o técnico. Las dos formas llevan el verbo en plural:
Peoplepersons Acaban de llegar tres personas preguntando por un tal Sr. Oliva Three people have just arrived asking for a Mr Oliva;Three people have just arrived asking for a Mr Oliva
"Peso máximo: 8 personas" "Weight limit: 8 persons";"Weight limit: 8 persons"
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